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Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
As of December 2020... The Federal Reserve says they have enough $1 coins in Inventory to last nearly 22 Years. Current inventory is approximately $1.04 Billion of $1 coins. A decrease of $50 Million $1 coins is 2020... -
Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
USA makes things their way and Europe makes things usually other way around. * Inches vs. Meters. (OZ vs Gram,....) * Voltage 110 vs. 230V. * 1usd$ paper money vs. 1+2€euro coins. Does USA dislike coins ? :) Because Europe loves coins. I myself rarely use credit card and I'm +30 y.o. <3 What is the reason 1usd$ banknotes… -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
Mass transit is another practical reason why 1€ and €2 , 1£ and 2£ coins were readily adopted in Europe/ UK back in the day. The main mode of transportation is subway and bus in many countries Coins went into vending easier. m -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
IMO, politics. The congressmen/women in the states who produce the unique $1 and $2 bill materials pitch a fit whenever it is brought up to eliminate the $1 and $2 Bill. These two lower denomination bills do not have the security features the $5 bill up to $100 have, so they are produced by a separate company. I have been… -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
My father is from Bolivia and I visit it regularly (usually twice per year), though not since December, 2019 due to COVID. I have not been everywhere in the country and cannot be everywhere simultaneously but never seen or heard of Sac dollars being used. Usage of the USD has decreased noticeably to my knowledge since the… -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
The US dollar became legal tender in Ecuador on March 13, 2000. -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
Who wants to walk around with $20.00 worth of coins in their pocket when you can put $20.00 worth of $1.00 bills in your wallet. Isn't that why we got away from the silver dollar? Aside from that who really cares what the Euros do? Besides, pockets full of coins are why they invented the Credit Card. :p -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
Half way between me and @ricko lies the Crane Museum of Papermaking . 1770: Entrepreneur Stephen Crane establishes the Crane paper business and purchases the Liberty Paper Mill. One of his early customers: Paul Revere, who uses the paper to print the American Colonies’ first paper money—the inaugural thread of Crane’s… -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
Hope USA moved from bank notes to coins. Coins are better. Here in Finland (Europe EU) we have gambling machines in every store.(Yes you read it correctly in every store <3 .) I think Finland is bigger than Las Vegas when all our coin machines come to question. These RAY coin machines all work with: 20cent,50cent,1euro and… -
Re: Why USA has 1$ bills VS Europe 1€+2€ euro coins ?
My cousin was President of the company. Thomas A. White (1986–1995)
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